THREAD: In "The Problem of Pain," C.S. Lewis wrestled with suffering and evil, and concluded, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” It's beautiful, but can subtly implicate God in evil.

"The Problem of Pain" was written in 1940. But later in his life, Lewis seems to have realized the simplicity of this view. Twenty years later, Lewis’ wife tragically died and the Britsh author penned another book called “A Grief Observed.” The contrast is stark.

In his later book, Lewis wrote about what it is like to go to God "when your need is desperate, when all other help is vain, and what do you find? A door slammed in your face, and a sound of bolting and double bolting on the inside. After that, silence....

.... Not that I am (I think) in much danger of ceasing to believe in God. The real danger is of coming to believe such dreadful things about Him. The conclusion I dread is not ‘So there’s no God after all,’ but ‘So this is what God’s really like. Deceive yourself no longer.’”

A comprehensive reading of Lewis indicates that the real "danger" to faith is believing such terrible and disappointing things about God that belief becomes impossible. #TheMoreYouKnow